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SL Industries Announces Dividend

MT. LAUREL, N.J., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SL INDUSTRIES, INC. (NYSE MKT: SLI); ("SLI" or the "Company") today announced that its board of directors declared a cash dividend of $2.00 per share of Common Stock outstanding, payable in cash on December 17, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 6, 2012.

About SL Industries, Inc.SL Industries, Inc., designs, manufactures and markets power electronics, motion control, power protection, power quality electromagnetic and specialized communication equipment that is used in a variety of medical, commercial and military aerospace, solar, computer, datacom, industrial, telecom, transportation, utility, rail and highway equipment applications. For more information about SL Industries, Inc. and its products, please visit the Company's web site at www.slindustries.com.

Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including those described above and the following: the effectiveness of the cost reduction initiatives undertaken by the Company, changes in demand for the Company's products, product mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing, constraints on supplies of critical components, excess or shortage of production capacity, difficulties encountered in the integration of acquired businesses and other risks discussed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

Shares of SL Industries (AMEX:SLI) have taken a tremendous swing upward. The stock is trading at $26.13 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, 21% above Friday's closing price of $21.60. Volume is at 10,200, 2.5 times the daily average of 4,000.